10 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

conjunction (astronomy), first day of month, north

Kun'yomi
  • 1st day of the month ②first 10 days of the lunar month
On'yomi
  • new moon ②first day of the lunar month ③next year's calendar and decrees (in ancient China; distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
Nanori
  • たち

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

ついたち 58.3%
サク 41.7%

Character Breakdown

conjunction (astronomy), first day of month, north
ついたち サク たち (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
disobedient
ゲキ ギャク ハク
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
left hand, old grass radical (no. 45)
テツ サ ひだりて (Kentei 1)
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)

Contained In

Common Words

Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku) ②1st of August (lunar calendar)
new moon ②first day of the lunar month ③next year's calendar and decrees (in ancient China; distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
beginning of the month or the year
first and fifteenth days of the lunar month (corresponding to new moon and full moon) ②syzygy
ceremony where the Emperor would inspect the records of attendance and absence of officials
last and first days of the month
first day of the second month
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References

Unicode hex code 6714
JIS X 0208 1-26-83
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3761
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4801
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1678
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 890
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1209
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2846
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2862
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1393
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 14359
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2101
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4b6.12
Four corner code 8742.0